Act now to defend the right to life in Queensland & ACT

There are 2 important inquiries affecting pro-life issues currently accepting submissions we wanted to let you know about. Note that while the inquiries are conducted by state parliaments, anyone is able to make a submission. It is not restricted to residents of that particular state.

You may have heard last year that Rob Pyne introduced 2 bills to legalise abortion, and then withdrew them when he realised they would not receive enough support in the Queensland Parliament. However, that was not the end of the issue. Subsequently the Queensland state government referred the issue of decriminalising abortion to the Queensland Law Reform Commission. As those who would remember Victoria's abortion debate back in 2008, referral to a Law Reform Commission is unlikely to have a favourable outcome for pro-lifers.

Submissions to the Queensland Law Reform Commission "Review of termination of pregnancy laws" close very soon - Tuesday 13 February 2018. There are a long set of questions provided by the inquiry; any or all of the questions can be addressed in your submission. You can check the questions at the Cherish Life Queensland website.

Note that the ACT can't currently legislate an assisted dying regime due to an Australian law stopping them from doing so, the "Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996" introduced by Kevin Andrews. However, this law could be overturned in the future - in fact Liberal Democrats Senator David Leyonhjelm has a bill before the Senate to do exactly that.

Submissions are due by close of business on Friday 23 February 2018, and can be:

Finally, our organisation would not exist without the generosity of supporters like yourself. If you wish to donate to Right to Life Australia to help us continue to fight the onslaught of anti-life laws being proposed across Australia, you can do so here:

LATEST NEWS

Tara Nipe was a candidate for the Voluntary Euthanasia Party for the Eastern Metropolitan Region in the recent Victorian election. Her party’s popularity is such that it gained 0.87% of the vote in that region. After Tara and her fellow VEP candidate were eliminated the VEP votes were passed on in turn to Fiona Patten’s Reason Party, the Animal Justice Party and the Liberal Democrats remaining undistributed as the final seat was filled by the Transport Matters Party. (Preliminary results as at 4 December at: https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/vic-election-2018/results/emet/)

WHAT WE DO

The Right to Life Australia Inc. defends the right to life of all human beings from conception until natural death. We lobby government for legal protection of the most vulnerable in society – the unborn baby, elderly, sick and those with disabilities. Right to Life Australia provides free counselling to women facing crisis pregnancies. We are non-party political and non-denominational.